Grain Elevator in Miniature

by | Aug 6, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

My husband surprised me with this, his very own idea, his very own creation, a grain elevator for my cactus garden. He casually went about building it during the cold of the winter months when there was nothing to work on outside and when I wasn’t in and out of his...

Need a Pallet?

by | Jul 25, 2016 | Bright Lights

A pallet manufacturing plant in the middle of West Texas somehow seemed like a strange thing to me, so I decided to find out how it came to be that L&L Pallet Supply, Inc. wound up in Muleshoe. General manager Travis Hall graciously agreed to answer all my...

Stapelia Lepida Seeds

by | Jul 22, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

One of my favorite plants is the stapelia lepida that I think I have shared with you before. But the flower is so intricate it is worth sharing again. Every year it blooms, and every year I take yet another picture of that amazing flower, this one blooming in ...

A Cautionary Tale About the Box of Family Pictures

by | Jul 19, 2016 | Bright Lights

Last week I drove to Graham, Texas, loaded with four boxes of pictures. You know, those boxes we all seem to have, the final resting place of ancient family pictures, early pictures of the current family, and odds and ends of family records that you don’t really know...

Cactus Sunburn, Too

by | Jul 15, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

I was so focused on telling you the perils of too much sun on succulents last week that I really didn’t talk much about the effects of too much sun on cactus in particular. They, too, can be damaged in heat like we are experiencing now. The sun may be more intense in...